<p>"You can't expect me to be personally responsible for every word in a 3,000-page report," Pachauri said in an interview to the 'Guardian', asserting that he would not resign.<br /><br />The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has already issued a statement that expressed regret for the mistake, but Pachauri said a personal apology would be a "populist" step.<br /><br />"I don't do too many populist things, that's why I'm so unpopular with a certain section of society," he told the paper.<br /><br />Pachauri, however, admitted that the mistake had seriously damaged the IPCC's credibility and boosted the efforts of climate sceptics.<br /><br />"It was an isolated mistake, down to human error and totally out of character" for the panel, he said.<br /><br />But, Pachauri said "it does not undermine the basic truth that human activity is causing temperatures to rise."<br /><br />Pachauri's comments came even as a report about e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia showed how climate scientists acted to keep research papers they did not like out of academic journals. <br /><br />Pachauri defended the IPCC's use of so called "grey literature" - sources outside peer-reviewed academic journals, such as reports from campaign groups, companies and student theses.<br /><br />He said in its next report on climate, IPCC would stress to authors and reviewers the importance of checking sources.<br /><br />"Our procedures are very clear on the use of grey literature. Whenever an author uses grey literature they need to double check the source of information is authentic and defensible.<br /><br />"People have been using grey literature for quite some time now. Apparently in this (Himalayan glacier) case there has been a failure because authors did not follow the procedures required," the climate czar said.<br /><br />He also rebutted newspaper reports that he lived a lavish lifestyle and wore USD 1,000 worth suits.<br /><br />"It's ridiculous and it's a bunch of lies," Pachauri said.</p>
<p>"You can't expect me to be personally responsible for every word in a 3,000-page report," Pachauri said in an interview to the 'Guardian', asserting that he would not resign.<br /><br />The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has already issued a statement that expressed regret for the mistake, but Pachauri said a personal apology would be a "populist" step.<br /><br />"I don't do too many populist things, that's why I'm so unpopular with a certain section of society," he told the paper.<br /><br />Pachauri, however, admitted that the mistake had seriously damaged the IPCC's credibility and boosted the efforts of climate sceptics.<br /><br />"It was an isolated mistake, down to human error and totally out of character" for the panel, he said.<br /><br />But, Pachauri said "it does not undermine the basic truth that human activity is causing temperatures to rise."<br /><br />Pachauri's comments came even as a report about e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia showed how climate scientists acted to keep research papers they did not like out of academic journals. <br /><br />Pachauri defended the IPCC's use of so called "grey literature" - sources outside peer-reviewed academic journals, such as reports from campaign groups, companies and student theses.<br /><br />He said in its next report on climate, IPCC would stress to authors and reviewers the importance of checking sources.<br /><br />"Our procedures are very clear on the use of grey literature. Whenever an author uses grey literature they need to double check the source of information is authentic and defensible.<br /><br />"People have been using grey literature for quite some time now. Apparently in this (Himalayan glacier) case there has been a failure because authors did not follow the procedures required," the climate czar said.<br /><br />He also rebutted newspaper reports that he lived a lavish lifestyle and wore USD 1,000 worth suits.<br /><br />"It's ridiculous and it's a bunch of lies," Pachauri said.</p>
